Naturally inspired living for homemakers
It was just too perfect when I saw this weeks chapter in From Clutter to Clarity … "Making Peace with our Possessions". Living in a somewhat messy, disorganized house while puttering through morning sickness and fatigue these past two months, and now beginning to scan the wreckage as I get closer to that light at …
Living Simply Saturday: Do we own our possessions, or do they own us?Read More
Though I’m not a big online shopper, there are times when the items I want just happen to be available more readily online than at a local store. I’ve recently learned a simple trick for saving a bit of money each time I make an order! When you’re completing an online order, before you finalize …
From now until Sunday evening, there is a contest underway to name my upcoming ebook! Find all the details in this post. Get your creative juices flowing and get yourself entered! **Also, please note that I am no longer using the domain www.keeperofthehome.ca, so you won't be able to access my blog through that url. …
That first pregnancy seems like a walk in the park, now that I look back on it. I was twenty-four, young and energetic. My household consisted of just my husband and me, so I could easily take a nap after work, eat pickles and ice cream if I wanted, take a nap after dinner, lie around …
Caring, Keeping, and Gestating: How To Do Life While PregnantRead More
See, I told you that my ebook was getting close to being ready! You know, the one I've been working on since last spring? Feels a bit like having a baby, this whole writing a book thing. Took me just as long, anyways! 🙂 As I put the finishing touches on it, I thought it …
A friend emailed to tell me about her carrots the other day, and I just couldn't resist sharing this with you. She had heard that carrots are biennial (meaning, they can remain in the garden until the next year, rather than having to be harvested before the winter comes), so she decided to experiment and …
“Is it possible to be too busy for God? Our adversary loves to make us think so. Keeping us too occupied to connect with God is one of his favorite tricks… Failing to make time for God complicates life by keeping us focused on our own abilities- what we can accomplish within any given day. …
Guest Post by Amy @ Growing Like Trees When I was expecting our first child, just after we’d bought our first home and moved to a new town, my husband cut his working hours from 40 to 20 per week. Being the adventurous type, I thought, “sure, we can live on half our income — …
We all know that a good recipe can be hard to find. Since I am always on the lookout for new favorites to add to my repertoire, I thought I’d pass along a few that I have tried and loved in the past several months: Cheesy Beef and Rice (this is an easy casserole to …
(As you may have guessed by my announcement yesterday, this series is so much fun for me to write right now, and oh-so-relevant!) It's simply a reality of life, that our husband and children would like to eat even when we want to run from the kitchen. I wonder, though, how many of us have …
So, I've been plotting and thinking of how to announce this little bit of news for weeks, and now that my chance is here, my creativity seems to be much more lacking than it is when I am lying awake at 3am with insomnia. I wonder if it would help to go and get some …
Something I’ve been waiting anxiously to tell you about…Read More
Guest Post by Faith (This is the continuation from her wonderful post last week, Learning with Preschoolers. If you haven’t read it yet, why don’t you do that first? Then take a good look through this inspiring list of ways to really get involved with your preschooler in the process of learning and exploring! I …
**I’m interrupting my series on From Clutter to Clarity, because I thought this guest post by Kate just fit so perfectly into this carnival. I’ll be back to Chapter 9 next week, promise!** Our family lives in a 1000-square foot house. We have 4 children whom we homeschool. Do you see the problem? Actually, I …
Living Simply Saturday: Simple Yet Substantial Small-Space SchoolingRead More
As promised, here is my newest series on having a healthy pregnancy, one that is as natural and enjoyable as possible. I hope to cover a very wide range of topics, including nutrition and nourishing your baby and yourself, using a midwife, having and preparing for natural childbirth and homebirth, supplements and natural remedies for …
As I was weeding through old post drafts (fleeting ideas I came up with and never posted), I stumbled upon this post and the title immediately resonated with me, as it had back when I originally wrote it. In response to a wonderfully honest post from Laura of Org Junkie back in December (When you're …
It's that time already! (Does that excite you or scare you?) If you're planning a garden for the spring, now is definitely the time to start deciding which seeds you will buy, and go ahead and order them. Many warm weather seedlings, like peppers and tomatoes, need a really good jump on the growing season …
Guest Post by Faith ~”I want to work with my toddler and preschooler at home, but I don’t know anything about teaching and I am not creative! What should I do?” ~“How do you keep them [preschoolers] interested but not go crazy with preparation?” I’d like to answer these questions by looking at three areas …
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While I was giving my sweet children a bath on Friday afternoon, a mysterious blue bin showed up outside my front door. I brought it inside, and lo and behold, discovered that someone had gone grocery shopping for me! Even better, everything inside was organic, fresh, sprouted or sourdough, and toxin-free. What luck! Well, not …
Do you think she wrote this chapter of From Clutter to Clarity with me in mind? (Oh wait… are all the rest of you thinking the same thing?) Sigh. Why is it so hard to say no to the things that just don’t truly fit into our schedule, don’t fit with our priorities and values, …
It's time for the Nourishing New Year's Resolutions carnival! Thanks Kimi, for a wonderful idea to help us to really think through and articulate where we want to go next with nourishing foods and practices! I've been excited for the chance to force invite myself to sit down and actually write out some of the …
Being a keeper at home is a special blessing that the Lord has assigned us women. We have the honor of not only maintaining our homes but also caring for the health of our families. It is with that thought in mind that I write this. We all know that as mothers and wives we …
…try teething tablets. Because you just might discover that the 19 month old boy you thought was pushing you to your limits and being somewhat of a monster child is in actuality working on his two year molars. More than one at a time. We're talking big time pain. Yesterday morning I was ready to …
I've always thought I was a pretty decent, healthy, semi-granola-y mama, but I'm finding myself stumped lately. I have a 3 year old and can't seem to think beyond the old peanut butter and jelly for lunch. And for my 1 year old, I'm stumped for car snacks. Tomorrow we're leaving for Nana and Papa's …
Q&A- Healthy snacks and easy lunches for little onesRead More
